Clean Energy from the Earth, Wind and Sun Learning from Hawaii's Search for a Renewable Energy Strategy /

• Main Authors: Pintz, William S. (Author), Morita, Hermina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Renewable and Green Energy.

This book documents the socio-environmental context and early history of Hawaii's attempt to substitute renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures for oil imports. It identifies areas of policy formulation where clean energy strategies were effective and areas where the state'...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Roots, Vision and Strategy
• Hawaii Policy Background
• Anatomy of a Policy: Assumptions, Policies, and Initial Resource Assessments
• Negotiations: Politics, Intentions, and Institutional Capacity
• Connecting the Dots: Early Implementation of HCEI Electricity Goals
• Unconnected Dots: Early Implementation of HCEI Surface Transportation Goals
• Environmental Implications and Other Disconnects
• Year of Uncertainty and Surprise
• Taking Stock.